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Has a magical romantic look. Love the grainy effect you have achieved Karleen. The recession is beautiful.

I agree with Jeannette, this is lovely. Simple (by that I don't mean easy!) but effective. Thank you for your comment on my latest painting, much appreciated.

Very dreamy, and I agree with Jeannette that re the lovely grainy effect, it adds to the atmosphere.

Thank you Jeannette, Val, and Lesley for your lovely comments, deeply appreciated. Kind regards Karleen.

Your trees have improved beyond all recognition since you started posting here, and this is an imaginative and attractive painting - excellent distant hills and merging of colours.

Romantic, peaceful painting. Lovely style.

It's very moving.

A most brilliant piece. To be lost in love among the embrace of eternity. Sigh....

Thank you ever so much, Robert, Carole, Colleen, and Rod for your lovely comments, they are much appreciated, many kind regards Karleen.

Wonderfully atmoshperic - this could illustrate a Norwegian folk tale. The grainy texture is very unusual and highly effective.

Hi Karleen another excellent atmospheric addition to your POL Gallery...perhaps that gap under the log [makes it sort of float] at the left could be left out?

Thanks Kim for your lovely comment, much appreciated kind regards Karleen..... Hi Phil, I think your right about that gap, I didn't notice it before you mentioned it,.. but it does look as though its floating, will change it, thanks very much for your advice and lovely comment, I appreciate it very much, kind regards Karleen.

I like this image Karleen..You have a good eye for colour and composition...Steve.

Thank you ever so much for that compliment Steve, greatly appreciated, kind regards Karleen.

Hi, Karleen. I've had a look at your gallery, and this one really made me look again. It has a wonderful feel to it - good colours and atmosphere. I agree with Phil above - the foreground objects seem a bit 'separate'. Thanks for your comment on 'Tripod', and to answer your question about salt - the 'shine' you mention is not the salt; that is removed when the paint has completely dried (which takes a long time because of the salt). What's left is random paler patterns, depending on how much pigment, water and salt (and type of salt) you use. Any 'shine' may be caused because I forgot to photograph the picture before framing it. The picture was done by painting the dolphins first, in 'staining' colours (a mix of cerulean & sepia in this case). Then, when dry, I put on quite heavy washes of various blues (because salt will suck out the pigment), then added salt crystals - rock salt at the bottom, getting finer toward the top, and let it do its work. I didn't touch it again until completely dry, when the salt was rubbed off. Hope that helps..

Thanks Lynda, very kind of you to explain your technique, much appreciated Karleen.